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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tre Esse Progettazione Biomedica S.r.l., Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ; A61M 2/900 ; A61M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ; A61M 2/900 ; A61M 1/00 ;
Abstract
The multilumen catheter ( ) is provided at one end with a needle system ( ′) formed by two or more single-lumen needles which are provided with respective discharge openings ( ) and which, via their longitudinal lumina ( ), are connected to corresponding lumina ( ) of the catheter for separate release of a tracer fluid for external image diagnostics systems and therapeutic fluids, for example DNA plasmids. The needles may be both straight or both helical or one of these needles may be straight and the other needle may be helical.